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Early hunter/gatherer societies have traditionally been considered basically egalitarian in nature. This assumption, however, has been challenged by contemporary archaeolgical and anthropological research, which has demonstrated that many of these societies had complex social, economic, and political structures. This volume considers two British Columbia Native communities - the Lillooet and Shuswap communities of Fountain and Pavilion - and traces their development to complex societies. The authors explore the relation between resource characteristics and hunter/gatherer adaptations and examine the use of fish, animal, and plant species, documenting their availability and the techniques used in their gathering, processing, and storing. The book also shows how cultural practices, such as raiding, potlatching, and stewardship of resources, can be explained from a cultural ecological point of view. An important contribution to the study of hunting and gathering cultures in the Canadian Northwest, this book is the most detailed examination of the subsistence base of a particular hunting and gathering group to date.Its exploration of the reasons why complex hunting and gathering societies emerge, as well as the ecological relationships between cultures and resources, may make an important contribution to the study of cultural ecology and contemporary archaeology. An important contribution to the study of hunting and gathering cultures in the Canadian Northwest, this book is the most detailed examination of the subsistence base of a particular hunting and gathering group to date. Its exploration of the reasons why complex hunting and gathering societies emerge, as well as the ecological relationships between cultures and resources, will make an important contribution to the study of cultural ecology and contemporary archaeology. "Brian Hayden is a professor in the Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University.". ... Read more

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Chapters: Culture of Alberta, Culture of British Columbia, Culture of Manitoba, Culture of New Brunswick, Culture of Newfoundland and Labrador, Culture of Nova Scotia, Culture of Nunavut, Culture of Ontario, Culture of Prince Edward Island, Culture of Quebec, Culture of Saskatchewan, Culture of Yukon, Bigfoot, Newfoundland English, Québécois, Les Automatistes, Haida Mythology, Office Québécois de La Langue Française, Bc Bud, Nicknames of Politicians and Personalities in Quebec, English-Speaking Quebecker, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Language Demographics of Quebec, Atanarjuat, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Culture, Battle of Alberta, Kwakwaka'wakw Art, Black Donnellys, Irish Quebeckers, the Canadian Badlands Passion Play, Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the Quebecers, List of Musicians From Quebec, Order of British Columbia, Black Nova Scotians, Ogopogo, Coast Salish Art, History of Quebec French, Ceinture Fléchée, National Patriots' Day, Mouvement National Des Québécoises et Des Québécois, Family Day, Music of Manitoba, Qu'appelle River, Alberta Order of Excellence, Franco-Newfoundlander, Quebec Literature, Skookum, Newfoundland French, Quebec Comic Strips, Live 8 Concert, Barrie, Order of Manitoba, Saskatchewan German Council, Alberta Ballet Company, Permanent North American Gaeltacht, List of Provincial Historic Sites of Alberta, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, Yukon Territory Order of Polaris, Bell of Batoche, Thetis Lake Monster Hoax, a Place to Stand, a Place to Grow, Music of Saskatchewan, Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Dow Centennial Centre, Trillium Book Award, Dépanneur, Brocket 99, Fransaskois, Cuisine of Quebec, Cuisine of the Maritimes, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Franco-Albertan, Moving Day, Refus Global, Archambault, Ontario Handweavers ... Read more

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Chapters: Culture of Coquitlam, Culture of Vancouver, Culture of Victoria, British Columbia, Miss Chinese Pageant, Hollywood North, Vancouver Playhouse Production History, Greater Victoria Public Library, List of Publications by Contemporary Art Gallery, List of Exhibitions at Contemporary Art Gallery, Playland, What's On, Greater Vancouver Zoo, Congregation Beth Israel, Vancouver Public Library, List of Attractions and Monuments in Stanley Park, Pacific National Exhibition, Mountain View Cemetery, Carousel Theatre, Belfry Theatre, Spartacus Books, Through a Blue Lens, Arcana Studio, Victoria Film Festival, Theatre Under the Stars, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Inside Chinatown, Bloedel Floral Conservatory, Public Art in Vancouver, Granville Entertainment District, Pacific Undersea Gardens, List of Films Shot in Coquitlam, Vancouver Foundation, Italian Cultural Centre Vancouver, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Mad Duck Theatre Collective, Idiotarod, Portobello West, the Vancouver Sun Classic Children's Book Collection, Coastal Sound Music Academy, There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968, Repent Sinner, Red Robinson Show Theatre, Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Camas Bookstore and Infoshop, Women's Memorial March, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Coquitlam Public Library, Pickle Productions, City of Vancouver Book Award, November Theatre, Festival Du Bois, Symphony Splash, Place Des Arts, Holy Body Tattoo, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Lancouver, the Impromaniacs, Vancouver Film and Television Forum, Bc Highland Games, Victoria Bug Zoo, Water's Edge Festival, Public Dreams Society, Jessie Richardson Award, Pacific Opera Victoria, Nash Holos, Stage 43 Theatrical Society, Royal Theatre, Fan Tan Alley, Malkin Bowl, Kokoro Dance, Market Square, Victoria, One Book, One Vancouver. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 261. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club wh...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5700957 ... Read more

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Chapters: Bigfoot. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 93. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is purportedly an ape-like creature that inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. The scientific community considers Bigfoot to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a real creature. Scientific consensus does not support the posited existence of megafauna cryptids such as Bigfoot, because of the improbably large numbers necessary to maintain a breeding population, and because climate and food supply issues would make such purported creatures' survival in reported habitats unlikely. Nevertheless, Bigfoot is one of the more famous examples of a cryptid within cryptozoology and an enduring legend. A small minority of accredited scientists profess the view that evidence collected of alleged Bigfoot encounters warrants further evaluation and testing. Bigfoot is described in reports as a large hairy ape-like creature, ranging between 610 feet (23 m) tall, weighing in excess of 500 pounds (230 kg), and covered in dark brown or dark reddish hair. Alleged witnesses have described large eyes, a pronounced brow ridge, and a large, low-set forehead; the top of the head has been described as rounded and crested, similar to the sagittal crest of the male gorilla. Bigfoot is commonly reported to have a strong, unpleasant smell by those who claim to have encountered it. The enormous footprints for which it is named have been as large as 24 inches (60 cm) long and 8 inches (20 cm) wide. While most casts have five toeslike all known apessome casts of alleged Bigfoot tracks have had numbers ranging from two to six. Some have also contained claw marks,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4009 ... Read more

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Chapters: Greater Victoria Public Library, Belfry Theatre, Victoria Film Festival, Inside Chinatown, Pacific Undersea Gardens, Camas Bookstore and Infoshop, Symphony Splash, Great Canadian Beer Festival, the Impromaniacs, Victoria Bug Zoo, Pacific Opera Victoria, Royal Theatre, Fan Tan Alley, Market Square, Victoria. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Greater Victoria Public Library -Prior to 1864, Victoria was served by at least two small, private lending libraries. In 1858, for instance, The Gazette described a library and reading room opened by a Mr W. F. Herre. This private library, located in the Hibben and Carswell Building on Yates Street near the corner of Wharf Street, was "fitted up in a very neat and comfortable style...". It was, the writer conceded, "yet limited, but so soon as the books can be obtained from San Francisco, will be greatly enlarged." The writer further explained that Mr Herre's library "filled a much needed want of the town". Another early librarythat of the British Columbia division of the T. Eaton Companywas started in 1862 by department store manager David Spencer. On December 16, 1864 the local Mechanics' Institute created Victoria's first community-oriented lending library. Located on Bastion Street, the library's collection included books donated by James Douglas (Governor). The Institute's rooms were "well lighted and warmed, and with their copious supply of reading matter, one of the pleasantest places in the city in which to pass a quiet hour." In October, 1886, the Mechanics' Institute informed Victoria's city council that it intended to wind up its affairs and offered the book collection to the City. A referendum followed, and a majority of votersfearing increased taxesrejected the proposal as an unnecess...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5716362 ... Read more